Rocket Start ~star gazer~ Chapter 7

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Subaru: "♪~♪~♪"

(Ahaha. I guess I should've expected it in advance, but there really are no people in the audience to the point it makes me laugh!)

(And a-one, and a-two, and a-three... The number's around the amount I can count on both my hands, I guess?)

(It looks like there aren't any raving audience members who came to see us as idols.)

(That's to be expected, though~, because we're "ourselves who are still nothing" after all.)

(We were just born, not knowing left from right, we're just eggs as idols.)

(Going from how they're supporting us or cheering our names, from what I can see, they're all our acquaintances or friends or something?)

(Ah, Gami-san's there. Yahoo~...☆)

(Ahaha, he bluntly averted his eyes. Also, kinda giving off the feel of "Hey, do it seriously!" he's fidgeting about~... I got it, Gami-san.)

(Even if there's only one member in the audience, it's in an idol to devote with all my might! But, is it even okay for me to get serious just about anywhere?)

(I've always rushed through and messed it up. Getting entranced from so much fun from singing and dancing, being in such high spirits...)

(When I finally noticed, no one was around me any more.)

(There's no helping it. That's the kind of destiny it is. Just like Dad, I'll be standing on the stage by myself until I die.)

(It made me lonely, but I convinced myself that was how it went. If I were to at least go the same path that Dad walked, I could reach that same position he'd gotten to.)

(I could at least be able to sing together with Dad at that same stratum's heaven.)

(That's what's consoled my heart up till now. But that won't be good, because if I were to reach that same destiny that Dad did, Mom would be really sad.)

(...I understood that, but there wasn't anything left that I could do.)

(Because no one at all knew what to think any more. When I tried thinking it up myself, I didn't know at all, because even Dad, who'd guided me, is gone now.)

(I had no choice but to imitate Dad, like my life was on the line.)

(Aiming for the solitary sun, until one day it would burn up and end right then and there... I had no choice but want to get, until I reached my limit, closer to that image of Dad.)

(But. Even if I didn't give up that way, I wonder if that was good?)

(At the very least, even though everyone's avoiding talking about it, detesting it and loathing it...)

(To inherit everything from Dad as if he were "something that wasn't even there," is the one thing I don't want.)

(I'm still "less than nothing," but as myself on this stage, can I find any other reason for why I was born?)

(If so, I'd be glad, but I don't really have a way to get there yet.)

(I don't know the reason for this, but. Somehow, I've got this super happy feeling...☆)

"♪~♪~♪"

(Ah, I screwed up! I had too much fun and rushed ahead! What a bad habit, isn't it; asserting myself too much, I caused trouble for everyone else!)

(And then, they'll have gotten annoyed even more and more... I gotta mind myself, okay?)

Sorry about that, Yuuki-kun. From this position on the stage, the audience can't see Yuuki-kun, right?

I'll pretend to move to the side in the dance steps, so you can move forward a bit...?

Makoto: ...Eh? Aah, I'm fine, but I'm actually glad this way~♪

I'm actually bad with others' attention being focused on me... Being hidden behind Akehoshi-kun, from this position on the stage I feel safer.

Subaru: Nn, what's up with that? Even though you're saying you're bad with attention, that's basically a fundamental for being an idol, isn't it?

Makoto: Y-yes, that's correct, but... Sorry about this, I have to first take care not to miss the song or dance. I don't want to be an annoyance to everyone, you see.

Subaru: Muu~... Well then, there's no helping that; let's sing shoulder-to-shoulder, the two of us♪

Makoto: Ehhhehhh, what does that "well then" even mean, Akehoshi-kun...!?

Subaru: Hey, you know~. I'm telling you right now, because it's a lot more annoying when you end up asserting yourself too much than when you're hiding behind everyone.

The stage today isn't one that we're standing on alone, Yuuki-kun.

I find that, to make me really super happy! Is it different for you, Yuuki-kun?

Makoto: ...

Subaru: No matter how hard I try, it looks like I'm "different" from everybody else. I wanna believe that this feeling's only how I feel, and we're actually the same.

Yuuki-kun, aren't you having fun? If not, then what's with that greatest smile of yours?

With us, we're totally different in where we were born, and each and every thing of us... I don't know what kind of fate's in store for us, but we're wearing the same outfit and standing on the same stage, you know.

No, wait, what's in common is that we're idols... I believe that, for this moment, even our hearts are the same.

Also. It's because you're really beautiful.

It'll "be a waste" if you were hiding yourself! Let's be sparkling even more, together...☆

Makoto: Uu-uuu~...? Akehoshi-kun, you've gotten too swept up that I have no idea as to what you're talking about. But in itself, your feelings have gotten through.

That's right. Even though I'm here by chance to match up the numbers, this way I'm also standing on the stage.



I'll use everything I've got. That's the dignity of a pro, after all. But right now, I'm just a beginner as an idol.

Because I wished to change something about me, I entered Yumenosaki Academy. With me running away and hiding all the time, I don't even know if I'm here or not.

Having betrayed everyone's expectations, I ran away here. That's why, there's nowhere else I can run away to. No- it's bad to run away, isn't it.

Watch me do my best. I don't know if I'll be able to pull it off well, but don't laugh at me if I mess up.

Subaru: That's all right. Even if you miss the mark, we'll follow up! Don't worry, because you're not alone!

Hey, wait, we're only still first years, so there's no way we'd be able to make a perfect performance♪

Because it's each of us, let's do our best together! Just having "together", it makes me encouraged and I feel so happy...☆

"♪~♪~♪"